وَعلَى الفُؤَادِ لَوَاعِجٌ مُذ غِبتُمُ

وَعلَى الفُؤَادِ لَوَاعِجٌ مُذ غِبتُمُ

تَقِدُ الضُّلوعَ تَوَقُّداً وَوَجِيبَا

تَقِدُ الضُّلوعَ تَوَقُّداً وَوَجِيبَا

Upon the heart are searing pangs, since you have been gone,

And burning pangs beset the heart since you went away,

kindling the ribs to a blaze and a pounding.

Setting the ribs ablaze, making them burn and throb.

فَلَها خُفوقٌ هَل بَصُرتَ بِبَارِقٍ

فَلَها خُفوقٌ هَل بَصُرتَ بِبَارِقٍ

وَلَهَا حَنِينٌ هَل سَمِعتَ النّيِبَا

وَلَهَا حَنِينٌ هَل سَمِعتَ النّيِبَا

They have a flutter—have you ever seen a lightning flash?

So they flutter—have you seen a flash of lightning?

And they have a yearning cry—have you ever heard the aged she-camels?

And they moan with longing—have you heard the aged she-camels?